Automotive technology
Associate of Applied Science Degree-Toyota Specialty
The Automotive Technology Toyota Option (TTEN) is a two-year automotive program designed to update the technical competence and professional level of the incoming dealership technician. The curriculum has been designed by Toyota Motors, Inc. and San Jacinto College to lead to an Associate of Applied Science degree in Automotive Technology. The program requires the student to work at a Toyota dealership as well as attend San Jacinto College classroom lectures and laboratory classes where he/she will work on Toyota products.
Students are required to furnish a prescribed basic hand tool set and be prepared to upgrade required tools as the program progresses. All tuition, fees, and textbook costs are the responsibility of the student. Interested students should contact the College Automotive Department for an information packet.
Program Criteria
All candidates registering for the Toyota TTEN program at San Jacinto College Central must apply online in the Automotive Department Office and be approved by the Automotive Department chairman.
- Students who are not sponsored by a Toyota or Lexus dealership will not be allowed to register for second year fall or spring Toyota TTEN classes.
- Students must maintain sponsorship of the Toyota or Lexus dealership to avoid being withdrawn from Toyota TTEN classes.
- Students unable to adhere to the Toyota TTEN degree plan will be placed on departmental probation.
- Students placed on departmental probation are required to meet with the Automotive Department chairman to discuss an Action Plan prior to registering for the next semester. Students will submit an Action Plan to the Automotive Department chairman identifying course deficiencies and a strategy for correcting these deficiencies during the following semester(s). The department chairman must approve all Action Plans.
- Students failing to enroll in and successfully complete the classes submitted in the approved Action Plan will be withdrawn from Toyota TTEN classes.
- Students enrolled in Toyota TTEN must have and maintain a valid driver's license and be insurable.
- Students enrolled in Toyota TTEN must wear the dealer provided uniform neatly groomed with shirt tail tucked in. when working at the dealership and when attending Toyota TTEN classes.
- Student must wear safety glasses at all times while in lab areas.
| First Semester | Credit |
| AUMT 1405—Automotive Technology | 4 |
| AUMT 1407—Automotive Electrical Systems | 4 |
| AUMT 1419 Automotive Engines | 4 |
| TMTH 1313 Technical Mathematics | 3 |
| PHED Activity | 1 |
| 16 | Second Semester (Spring) |
| AUMT 2321 Electrical Lighting and Accessories | 3 |
| AUMT 2417 Engine Performance Analysis I | 4 |
| ENGL 1301 Composition I | 3 |
| Speech | 3 |
| PHED Activity | 1 |
| 14 | |
| Third Semester (Summer) | |
| AUMT 1171 Pre-Delivery | 1 |
| AUMT 1316 Suspension and Steering | 3 |
| AUMT 1345 Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning | 4 |
| 8 | |
| Fourth Semester (Fall) | |
| AUMT 1310 Automotive Brake Systems | 4 |
| AUMT 2425 Automatic Transmission & Transaxle | 4 |
| AUMT 1381 Cooperative Education/Auto/Automotive Mechanic | 2 |
| ENGL 2311 Technical Report Writing | 3 |
| SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Fifth Semester (Spring) | |
| AUMT 2313 Manual Drive Train and Axles | 3 |
| AUMT 2434 Engine Performance Analysis II | 3 |
| AUMT 1381 Cooperative Education/Auto/Automotive Mechanic | 3 |
| Humanities or Fine arts | 3 |
| 13 | |
| Associate of Applied Science Technology Total | 66 |
*Capstone Experience: AUMT 1381 or National A.S.E. Certification Exams
*Courses which satisfy this requirement are listed in the Humanities and Visual/Performing
Arts section of the Transfer Core Curriculum.